Enhancing Spectral Efficiency of Binary NRZ Optical Networks with Electronic Signal Processing

M. I. Hayee, Rami J. Haddad

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Abstract

We have analyzed a scheme using electrical prefiltering at the transmitter and electronic signal processing at the receiver to enhance the spectral efficiency of binary non-return-to-zero (NRZ) wavelength-division-multiplexed (WDM) networks consisting of typical terrestrial dispersion maps employing standard single-mode fiber (SSMF) and erbium-doped fiber amplifiers (EDFAs). Our analysis shows that up to 1.6 bits/s/Hz of spectral efficiency is achievable using this technique with orthogonal polarization launch of alternate channels in 10.7 Gb/s binary NRZ systems for transmission distances up to 800 km typically used in metropolitan optical networks.
Original languageAmerican English
JournalIEEE/OSA Journal of Optical Networking
Volume5
DOIs
StatePublished - Sep 2006

Keywords

  • Binary non-return-to-zero
  • NRZ
  • Spectral efficiency
  • WDM
  • Wavelength-divison multiplexed networks

DC Disciplines

  • Electrical and Computer Engineering

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